extravertebral

English

Etymology

extra- +‎ vertebral

Adjective

extravertebral (not comparable)

  1. Outside of a vertebra
    • 2015 May 30, Min Tan et al., “Identification of the Avulsion-Injured Spinal Motoneurons”, in Journal of Molecular Neuroscience‎, volume 57, DOI:10.1007/s12031-015-0588-4:
      The extravertebral root avulsion was carried out by pulling out both dorsal and ventral roots of each spinal nerve with microhemostatic forceps.
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